Draft-equalizer



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CHARLES KITIL TVEIT, OF MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA.

DRAFT-EQUALIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,374, dated January10, 1899.

Application filed April l, 1896. Serial No. 5855787. (No inedl.)

To all whom, it may concern.'

Beit known that I, CHARLES KI'TIL Tvnrr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moorhead, in the county of Clay and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft-Equalizers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in draft-equalizers; and it has forits object to offset or equalize by the draft` of a single horse oranimal that of two or more horses or animals; and it consists of thecombination of various parts and their arrangement, substantially ashereinafter more fully disclosed, and specifically pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improveddraft-equalizer. Fig. 2 is a like View of the same, showing it adaptedfor four horses.

In carrying out my invention I employ a series of three adjustable barsor levers B D D', having adjusting-holes 7 S 9, the levers or bars B Dranging in parallel planes one above the other and the lever 0r bar Bbeing pivoted or connected to the draft pole or tongue A under a loop inthe hammer-strap I-I, While the bar or lever D is connected to the bar Bby a clip 5". The bar or lever D is also pivoted or connected to thedraft pole or tongue A under a second loop of the hammer-strap I-I andto the diagonally opposite bar or lever D by an oppositely diagonallydisposed link G, connecting with loops K, secured to opposite ends ofsaid bars or levers D D', respectively. The bar or lever D has its endopposite to that to which is connected the link G connected to the endof the bar or lever B opposite to that which is connected the bar D by aclevis-like link F to said end of bar or leverB and interlooped with aloop K', secured to the corresponding end of the lever or bar D', alsoadapted to provide for the connecting therewith of a Whiftletree P. Bythis arrangement it will be seen that with the lever or bar B pivoted atthe aperture next to that nearest its inner end and its said end coupledor connected by the clip 5 to the lever D at its innermost aperture, asin Fig.- l, one horse at P o n one side of the draft# pole is enabled tooffset or equalize two horses at the opposite side of said draft pole ortongue at P P, and that with a like adjustment of said parts and theinterposed lever C one horse or animal will odset three horses at theopposite side of the draft pole or' tongue, as seen in Fig. 2, and thatthis adjustment of parts can be accommodated at opposite sides of thedraft-pole.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent-"- In a draft-equalizer,the combination of the serially-apertured adjustable levers or bars,-arranged in parallel planes, one above the other, one lever adapted tobe pivoted to the draft bar or pole, the clip or coupling adapted toengage coincident apertures of said levers or bars, athird adjustablelever pivoted to the draft-bar and having end loops, a link or rodconnecting diagonally the inner ends of one of the rst-referred-toadjustable levers or bars and the last-named adjustable lever, thedoubletree connected to one end of said rst-referred-to adjustablelevers and, itself, carrying singletrees, the clevis-like linkconnecting opposite ends of one of the iirst-referred-to levers and saidlast-named adjustable lever, and a singletree carried by saidlast-referred-to adjustable lever, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES KITIL TVEI'I,

Witnesses:

JOHN CosrAIN, J oHN BRODINE.

